tailieunhanh - CANCER AND MEDICAL CANNABIS

Cancer registries can play an important role in the evaluation and mon- itoring of screening programmes aimed at detecting pre-invasive condi- tions. Cancer registration data have been used in routine-data-based stud- ies to examine trends in disease rates in relation to screening frequencies within a population and to compare disease rates between different popu- lations with the coverage offered by their screening programmes (see Section ). For instance, such studies have supported the hypothesis that regular use of the Pap smear test is effective in reducing the incidence of invasive cervical cancer | CANCER AND medical CannAbis Advancing Legal Medical Marijuana Therapeutics and Research A Note from Americans for Safe Access We are committed to ensuring safe legal availability of marijuana for medical uses. This brochure is intended to help doctors patients and policymakers better understand how marijuana or cannabis as it is more properly called may be used as a treatment for people with serious medical conditions. This booklet contains information about using cannabis as medicine. In it you ll find information on Why Cannabis is Legal to Recommend .3 Overview of the Scientific Research on Medical Cannabis . . . .4 Research on Cannabis and Cancer .6 Comparison of Medications Efficacy and Why Cannabis is Safe to Recommend .12 Testimonials of Patients and Doctors .13 History of Cannabis as Medicine .20 Scientific and Legal References .24 We recognize that information about using cannabis as medicine has been difficult to obtain. The federal prohibition on cannabis has meant that modern clinical research has been limited to the detriment of medical science and the wellness of patients. But the documented history of the safe medical use of cannabis dates to 2700 . Cannabis was part of the American pharmacopoeia until 1942 and is currently available by prescription in the Netherlands and Canada. Testimonials from both doctors and patients reveal valuable information on the use of cannabis therapies and supporting statements from professional health organizations and leading medical journals support its legitimacy as a medicine. In the last few years clinical trials in Great Britain Canada Spain Israel and elsewhere have shown great promise for new medical applications. This brochure is intended to be a starting point for the consideration of applying cannabis therapies to specific conditions it is not intended to replace the training and expertise of physicians with regard to medicine or attorneys with regard to the law. But as patients doctors .